Combined knife-sharpener and can-opener



No. 75l ,001. PATENTED FEB. 2 1904'.

A. M. PARKER.

COMBINED KNIFE SHARPENBR AND CANOPENER.

, APPLICATION FILED IEB.19. 1902.

no MODEL.

fig. 9. 5;

UNITED STATES Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED KNlFE-SHARPENER AND CAN-OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 51,001, datedFebruary 2, 1904.

Application filed February 19, 1902. Serial No. 94,844..- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR MERToN PAR- KER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented a new and useful Device for SharpeningKnives and Scissors and Opening Cans, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in combination knife and scissorssharpening and can-opening devices; and the objects of my improvementare, first, to provide a light and non-breakable frame, and, second, toafford facilities for the proper adjustment of the sharpener-bar andcan-opening knife independently of each other. I attain these objects byusing certain material in its manufacture, hereinafter described and thenovel features of construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a general front View of the device in which theannular handle A, the divergent arms I) 6, the shoulder c, the divergentwalls (Z d, the parallel walls 6 e, and the perforating-point fconstitute the frame, formed of one piece of wire; Fig. 2, a rear Viewof the device; Fig. 3, a view of the wire frame. Fig. 4 shows theclamping band as it appears stamped from the sheet-steel; Fig. 5, aperspective view of the sharpener-plate; Fig. 6, a view of the knifebefore it is pressed into shape.

The parallel walls 6 e are secured to each other at their termination 9,thereby making a strong shank for the support of the sharpener-plate andcan-opening knife.

The sharpener-plate it, either triangular or rectangular, is mountedbetween the parallel walls 6 c and extends beyond the divergent walls (Zd, with its face on a plane with the face of the walls (Z (Z and e e,and is thereby secured by the clamping-band a, which embraces thesharpener-plate h and the parallel walls 6 e, the clamping-band a beingdepressed on the under side to the sharpener-plate and adapted to theadjustment of said sharpener-plate.

The clamping-band having a laterally-extending blade is, slides alongthe shank, adapting it to opening cans of different sizes.

To sharpen knives, hold the frame by the handle A at an angle of aboutforty-five dein the top of can, press the knife through the tin, andturn the can until the opening is made.

What I claim is A combined knife and scissors sharpener and can-openerconsisting of a frame having parallel walls terminating in aperforatingpoint at one end and divergent walls at the middle portion, asharpener-plate mounted between the parallel and extending beyond thedivergent walls, and adjustable clamping-bands embracing the frame andthe sharpener-plate, one of said clamping-bands having alaterallyprojecting blade to serve as a can-opener as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR MERTON PARKER.

Witnesses:

R. A. LAWTON, Mrs. R. A. LAWTON.

